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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

8,923

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

212

1985 to 1988

1,226

1980 to 1984

1,247

1970 to 1979

2,719

1960 to 1969

1,165

1950 to 1959

644

1940 to 1949

808

1939 or earlier

902
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

126

1 bedroom

667

2 bedrooms

3,263

3 bedrooms

3,563

4 bedrooms

973

5 or more bedrooms

331
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

134

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

57

Condominium housing units

932
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

2,879

Individual drilled well

3,319

Individual dug well

209

Some other source

2,516
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

2,359

Septic tank or cesspool

6,342

Other means

222
   

Occupied housing units

5,520

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

35

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

337

Electricity

1,240

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

2,426

Coal or coke

114

Wood

1,348

Solar energy

12

Other fuel

6

No fuel used

2
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

748

1985 to 1988

1,320

1980 to 1984

809

1970 to 1979

1,148

1960 to 1969

677

1959 or earlier

818
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

445
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

567

1

1,585

2

2,042

3 or more

1,326
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

2,593

With a mortgage

915

Less than $300

126

$300 to $499

324

$500 to $699

253

$700 to $999

112

$1,000 to $1,499

70

$1,500 to $1,999

19

$2,000 or more

11
   

Median (dollars)

505
   

Not mortgaged

1,678

Less than $100

405

$100 to $199

1,067

$200 to $299

186

$300 to $399

12

$400 or more

8
   

Median (dollars)

136
   

SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

2,593

Less than 20 percent

1,787

20 to 24 percent

253

25 to 29 percent

136

30 to 34 percent

121

35 percent or more

278

Not computed

18
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

921

Less than $200

136

$200 to $299

228

$300 to $499

274

$500 to $749

48

$750 to $999

2

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

233
   

Median (dollars)

293
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

921

Less than 20 percent

284

20 to 24 percent

124

25 to 29 percent

36

30 to 34 percent

53

35 percent or more

189

Not computed

235

 

 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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